July 8th, 2021
TO: Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Request for Federal Environmental Assessment: Proposed Don Valley Train Layover Facility (Metrolinx GO Expansion Program) The Request For the Federal Government which has the authority, the resources, and a mechanism – a Federal Impact Assessment Study – to do a proper environmental assessment of Metrolinx's proposed Don Valley Train Layover Facility.
8 July 2021 To: The Mayor and Members of the Toronto City Council, for the 14 July 2021 City Council Meeting RE: Committee/Staff Report PH25.10, Multi-Tenant Housing Review by the Planning and Housing Committee, 28 June 2021 – Amendment concerning fraternity and sorority houses The Federation of South Toronto Residents Associations (FoSTRA) understood that the proposed new regulatory system would apply fully to fraternities and sororities when it submitted its 17 June 2021 letter to the Planning and Housing Committee (PHC) regarding Multi-Tenant Housing (MTH). When FoSTRA learned of the following amendment to the 28 June report to City Council by the Deputy Mayor and Chair of the PHC Ana Bailao, we were naturally concerned: “The Planning and Housing Committee request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, consult further with the Sorority and Fraternity Association of Toronto to canvass their views and further review issues of concern with respect to the operation of their sororities and fraternities in the context of the new framework for multi-tenant housing prior to the City Council meeting of July 14 and July 15, 2021.” An Open Letter to Honourable Steve Clark,
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Dear Minister Steve Clark, The Federation of South Toronto Residents’ Associations (FoSTRA) and the Federation of North Toronto Residents’ Associations (FoNTRA) encompass over 50 resident organizations and some 675,000 Torontonians within our boundaries. In April 2020, the City of Toronto’s bylaws limiting construction noise were suspended by Ontario provincial regulations 130/20 and 131/20 that permitted extended construction hours for a period of 18 months (till October 2021). |